Perceptions and behaviors of learner engagement with virtual educational platforms.

Autor: Dickinson KJ; Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA; Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Office of Interprofessional Education, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. Electronic address: kjdickinson@uams.edu., Caldwell KE; Department of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA., Graviss EA; Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA., Nguyen DT; Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA., Awad MM; Department of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA., Olasky J; Department of Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA., Tan S; Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA., Winer JH; Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Pei KY; Department of Graduate Medical Education, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of surgery [Am J Surg] 2022 Jul; Vol. 224 (1 Pt B), pp. 371-374. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.02.043
Abstrakt: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased utilization of educational technology for surgical education. Our aim was to determine attitudes and behaviors of surgical education champions towards virtual educational platforms and learner engagement.
Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to all Association of Surgical Education members addressing i) methods of engagement in virtual learning ii) ways to improve engagement and iii) what influences engagement. Stratified analysis was used to evaluate differences in responses by age, gender, level of training and specialty.
Results: 154 ASE members completed the survey (13% response rate). 88% respondents accessed virtual learning events at home. Most (87%) had joined a virtual learning event and then participated in another activity. 1 in 5 who did this did so "always" or "often". Female respondents were more likely than males to join audio and then participate in another activity (62.3% v 37.7%, p = 0.04).
Conclusions: Virtual platforms do not automatically translate into increased learner engagement. Careful design of educational strategies is essential to increase and maintain learner engagement when utilizing virtual surgical education.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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